An Evening of Indian Classical Music with Steve Gorn February 25, 2011

An Evening of Indian Classical Music

With bansuri flute virtuoso, Steve Gorn
and multi-instrumentalist, Benjy Wertheimer

The musicians will perform ragas from the Hindustani classical music tradition as well as folk melodies from North India. This music is passed from generation to generation, from master to disciple, as a living oral tradition. It combines the classicism of traditional repertoire, fixed melodic forms, and precise intonation, with improvisation and spontaneous creation.

Indian classical music is a meeting of Raga (melody) and Tala (rhythm). Raga means, “to color the mind,” and traditionally, each raga, or melodic landscape, is associated with a time of day, a season or a quality of light. Tala, is rhythm…time, defined and elaborated in rhythmic cycles. Evolved over centuries from music performed in temples and courts, present day Indian classical music is a true 'chamber music.'

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